Research Services
The Avera Institute for Human Genetics (AIHG) – a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and College of American Pathologists certified laboratory – provides a variety of services to researchers as a fee-for-service or collaborative opportunity.
Count on our advanced sequencing and genotyping services performed by our highly-skilled and qualified laboratory staff. As an Illumina certified service provider (Propel Program) our facilities feature a full suite of equipment, including:
- Illumina HiSeq 2500
- Illumina MiSeq
- Illumina iScan
- Tecan Freedom EVO 150 Liquid Handler
Genotyping Services
- Global Screening Array – includes a whole genome array with a wide range of applications for biobanks, disease and translation research, consumer genomics (697,000 markers) and overall precision medicine
- Illumina Infinium products:
- Core Array
- Exome Array
- Immunoarray
- Multi-Ethnic Arrays
- Omni Arrays
- OncoArray
- Psych Array
- QC Array
Next Generation Sequencing
- 16s rRNA Sequencing (microbiome studies)
- Cancer panels
- ChIP sequencing
- Custom gene panels
- miRNA sequencing (small RNA studies)
- RNA sequencing
- Targeted sequencing
- Whole genome sequencing
- Whole exome sequencing
Methylation Studies
- Bisulfite Next Generation Sequencing
- Infinium Methylation EPIC Array
- TruSeq Methyl Capture EPIC
Nucleic Acid Extraction
- DNA
- FFPE Tissue
- miRNA
- RNA
